Metro expands service for First Night event

St. Louis (KSDK) - Metro Transit will expand its service for the First Night event on New Year's Eve.

First Night visitors can use the #70 Grand MetroBus route from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, December 31 to get to Grand Center. Then starting at 7 p.m., shuttle busses will depart every 10 minutes from the Scott Ave. Transit Plaza at the Grand MetroLink station. Shuttles will also depart from the Scottish Rite Auditorium on Lindell.

MetroLink will add trains to accommodate the crowds at First Night and extend the length of service for trains later in the evening.

Metro will operate on a Sunday service schedule for Christmas and New Year's Day.